This author is has taken great liberties in a feeble attempt to mislead make the SEC look better than it was.
SEC own web page and Wikipedia concur that the SEC has had 16 NCAA Champioships. However the Big Ten Conference page shows 52 fifty-two NCAA Football Champions among it members. Wikipedia shows 28 National Football Champioships won by the Big Ten not including 4 won by Penn State, 1 by Michigan State, two by Chicago....
In fact every team in the Big Ten has won at least 2 National Championships in Football while three fourths of the SEC teams have never one a single Championships...
Your SEC education is showing!